E-learning and Young Learners: A Flipped Classroom Approach

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103
Writer(s): 
Yuka Eto, Showa Women’s University; Sachiko Maruoka, Seikei University

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of teaching English to children using a flipped classroom approach. 31 students between 6 and 14 years old participated in the study that involved them assessing the effects of a flipped classroom on their own learning. The participants’ homework results and survey responses were also analyzed to assess the correlation between the students’ homework results and their perceptions of satisfaction, remembering, self-efficacy, motivation, and self-control. The results of the survey showed that students had a positive impression of the flipped curriculum in this context. As this study is one of the first to look at the use of a flipped classroom in this context, we also discuss the potential implications of this study for helping teachers to better meet the English language needs of young learners in Japan.

本研究では、反転授業を用いた英語教育の効果を論証する。英語を学習する6歳から14歳の31名の生徒が本研究に参加し、反転授業の効果と自らの学習について評価した。研究に参加した生徒が実施した宿題およびアンケート結果を分析し、生徒の宿題達成度と満足度、語彙学習の効果、自己効力感、モチベーション、および学習における自己管理に対する認識の相関関係を分析した。本研究の調査では、生徒が反転授業を肯定的に捉えていたことが分かった。また、本研究は、小学生の英語学習に反転授業を導入した初めての研究のひとつとなりうる。よって、本論では、日本の児童の英語需要を満たすための提案を論じる。

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